Mistakes will get you punished at this high level - O'Hara

After Sunday's narrow defeat Mohill manager Eamonn O'Hara remarked “since the final whistle we are trying to analyse it as best we can. We did very well in the match I suppose. Prior to the game we would have been happy to be up four points to three at half-time and we missed a few chances.

“When it came down to the last ten minutes the St. Brigid's goal was obviously the killer. It came from a quick break downfield and went to the back of the (Mohill) net. Our response to that was exceptional.

“With five or six minutes to go St. Brigid's had to bring in (fullback) Brian Stack who had a ligament injury.

“We are not just Leitrim champions (for achieving nothing). A lot of things really needed to go well for us. Ninety percent of it did go well for us but under pressure the rest didn't go our way and some of the final (play) executions did not go the way we wanted.

“Obviously Domhnaill Flynn was out for a ten minute spell in the first half. We controlled the game in the first half when there was a strong breeze and we could have been a little further ahead. It fluctuated at times – it was up and down.

“The wind wasn't controlling the game. We controlled it very well in the first ten minutes of the second half. It was just that little bit of experience we were lacking. They had that bit of quality and they got the game's only goal.

“It came from our mistake. Mistakes you make will get you punished at this high level. That's exactly what it came down to. We died with our boots on. Everyone who came here today probably thought we couldn't win it.

“We knew we had a full bench to pick from. It was a game of fine margins. After this everyone in the team will re-group. They will drown their sorrows and then they will come back renewed next January.

“We were disappointed when we lost last year's county final. Nobody gave us any hope this year. But we came out and won it.”